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New Delhi : Sunil Arora on December 2, 2018, assumed charge as the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India succeeding  O P Rawat. Shri Rawat who demitted the office on December 1, 2018, after completing his tenure .

Prior to assuming charge as Chief Election Commissioner, Arora had been serving as Election Commissioner in Election Commission of India since September 1, 2017. During this time, Election Commission has conducted elections to the states of Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland & Karnataka successfully. Similarly, elections to five states : Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan & Telangana are in various stages of completion and the counting of the same is scheduled for on December 11, 2018.

During his tenure as CEC, there will be General Election to the 17th Lok Sabha besides the elections to State Legislative Assemblies of Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand, NCT of Delhi, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir.

Born on April 13, 1956, Arora, a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre (1980 batch), superannuated on April 30, 2016, as Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. During the 36 years of his service, he held various crucial positions in the State Government of Rajasthan and in the Central Government. He served in several key positions viz. Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Chairman & Managing Director of the then Indian Airlines between 2002 to 2005, member of Board of Directors of Air India, Airport Authority of India Ltd. and National Skill Development Corporation.

Arora also served as the Chairman of Rajasthan State Industrial Development & Investment Corporation (RIICO) in 2005-2013 and as Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Government of Rajasthan in 2013-2014, according to a PIB release.

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